infantilize

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce (an adult) to the state or status of an infant. transitive
    — For too long, many of us have sought unity by binding ourselves together with the umbilical cords of dogma. They have done less and less to nurture us in recent years, and more and more to infantilize us.
  2. To treat (an adult) like a child. transitive

词形变化

infantilizes present,singular,third-person infantilizing participle,present infantilized participle,past infantilized past infantilise alternative

词汇关系

反义词
adultify
衍生词
infantilization infantilizer
相关词
babygirlification

词源

Etymology tree
English infantile
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English infantilize
From infantile + -ize (“make into”).
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